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Curd
Curd is the solid casein gel formed when milk coagulates by acid, rennet, or acid plus heat, separating from whey; it is the basis of cheese, paneer, cottage cheese, and, in Indian usage, yogurt.
Curing (food preservation)
Curing (food preservation): adding salt, nitrate or nitrite, and sometimes sugar to meat or fish to preserve it, inhibit Clostridium botulinum, and give cured meat its pink color and flavor; distinct from pickling and smoking alone.
Curing salt
Curing salt (Prague Powder, Insta Cure, pink curing salt) is table salt blended with sodium nitrite, 6.25% in Cure #1, plus nitrate in Cure #2, used at 0.25% of meat weight to prevent botulism and fix cured color.
Curry
Curry, from Tamil kari (sauce), is the Western term for spiced sauce-based South Asian and Southeast Asian dishes and for British-invented curry powder, a blend Indian cuisine itself does not use as a standard.
Curry powder
Curry powder, also called Madras or curry spice, is a British-invented pre-mixed spice blend built on turmeric, coriander, and cumin, rarely used in India, with distinct Jamaican, Japanese, and Sri Lankan variants.
Currywurst
Currywurst (curry sausage) is a German fast-food dish of sliced fried sausage with curry ketchup, attributed to Herta Heuwer, Berlin, 4 September 1949, trademarked as "Chillup" in 1959, with rival Hamburg, Duisburg, and Ruhr claims and a famous Volkswagen factory version.
Curtained hair
Curtained hair, also called curtain bangs or the eboy haircut, is a middle-parted hairstyle with face-framing panels, peaking in the 1990s on David Beckham and Brad Pitt.
Curtis Stone
Curtis Stone, Australian chef from Melbourne, trained under Marco Pierre White at Quo Vadis, hosted Take Home Chef and Top Chef Masters, and ran Michelin-starred Maude and Gwen in Los Angeles.
Custard
Custard: milk or cream cooked with eggs and sugar, thickened by egg-protein coagulation near 80°C; also called crème anglaise. Covers stirred, baked, and savory types, etymology from crustade, Bird's custard powder, and food safety.
Custom crush winemaking
Custom crush winemaking: a licensed bonded winery produces wine for clients who own the grapes or wine and market it under their own label, avoiding winery capital costs; distinct from alternating proprietorship.
Cut of beef
Cut of beef: portions of a cattle carcass separated into primal, subprimal, and retail cuts such as chuck, rib, loin, and round. Distinguished by USDA carcass grading (Prime, Choice, Select by marbling and maturity), muscle-driven tenderness, and matching cooking methods.
Cut of pork
Cut of pork: portions of a pig carcass separated into primals (US: shoulder, loin, side, leg; Canadian: leg, loin, shoulder, lacone, belly) and retail cuts such as chops, ribs, belly, and ham, with standardized names and safe cooking temperatures.
Cutlery
Cutlery (US: silverware, flatware) is the set of knives, forks, and spoons for eating; from Latin cultellus via Old French coutellerie, historically tied to Sheffield, standardized under ISO/TC 186.
Cutlet
Cutlet: a small piece of meat or a breaded patty of minced meat, fish, or vegetables, from French côtelette (1706). Covers schnitzel, cotoletta alla milanese, tonkatsu, and Indian cutlets.
Cutthroat Kitchen
Cutthroat Kitchen is an American cooking competition series hosted by Alton Brown on Food Network from 2013 to 2017, in which chefs bid to sabotage rivals.
Cutty Sark (whisky)
Cutty Sark is a blended Scotch whisky brand created in 1923 by Berry Bros. & Rudd, named after the tea clipper ship. Known for its yellow McBey label, Prohibition-era US smuggling ties, the 1961 million-case US milestone, and current ownership by La Martiniquaise-Bardinet.
Cuvée
Cuvée (from French cuve, vat) is a wine term meaning a batch of wine made in one vat, a blend or assemblage of wines, the first-pressed juice in Champagne, or a producer's prestige bottling; it has no single legal definition.
Cynar
Cynar: Italian artichoke-based bittersweet amaro liqueur (16.5% ABV) with 13 herbs, created by Angelo Dalle Molle in 1952, owned by Campari Group; also Cynar 70 (35%).
Czech cuisine
Czech cuisine (česká kuchyně): Central European cooking built on pork, flour, root vegetables, cabbage and cream, known for svíčková with bread dumplings (knedlíky), thick sauces, sweet main dishes, regional specialties like Wallachian frgál and Třeboň carp, and a first national Michelin Guide in 2025.
Czupryna
Czupryna: Polish feminine noun for thick, freely falling hair, and a historical half-shaven noble hairstyle; from Proto-Slavic čuprina; cognate with Czech čupřina and Ukrainian чуприна; also a Polish surname.
Da Hong Pao (大红袍)
Da Hong Pao (大红袍) is a famous Wuyi rock tea oolong from Mount Wuyi, Fujian. Six protected mother trees at Jiulongke, unpicked since 2006; Qi Dan certified 2012; pure-variety and blended commercial forms; 2006 national intangible heritage craft.
Dabilo Moses
Dabilo Debbie Moses, Motswana beauty queen, first Miss Supranational Botswana (2023) and Miss Universe Botswana 2026 appointee; from Maitengwe, studied broadcasting at Limkokwing.
Daemokjang (대목장)
Daemokjang (대목장) are Korea's master carpenters of traditional wooden architecture; Important Intangible Heritage No. 74 since 1982 and UNESCO-inscribed 2010, known for nail-free joinery and palace restoration.
Dagwood sandwich
Dagwood sandwich: a tall, many-layered American sandwich of meats, cheeses, and condiments, named for Dagwood Bumstead of the Blondie comic strip (first skyscraper sandwich 1936, recipe 1947); also called Skyscraper Special; no fixed recipe.
Daim bar
Daim bar (formerly Dajm, once Dime Bar in the UK): Swedish thin chocolate bar of crunchy almond caramel in milk chocolate, created by Marabou in the early 1950s, inspired by the Heath Bar, renamed Daim in 1990, now a Mondelēz brand made in Upplands Väsby, Sweden.
Daiquiri
Daiquiri, a Cuban rum, lime, and sugar cocktail named after the village of Daiquirí, credited to Jennings Cox (1896 or 1898), spread via Admiral Lucius Johnson, and refined frozen at El Floridita.
Dairy product
Dairy products are foods made from milk, including drinking milk, fermented milks, cheese, butter, and whey products. EU law reserves names like yogurt and kephir; EU farms produced 160.0 million tonnes of raw milk in 2022.
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen (DQ) is an American soft-serve ice cream and fast-food chain founded in Joliet, Illinois, in 1940, known for the Blizzard treat. Owned by Berkshire Hathaway's International Dairy Queen, it runs 7,800+ restaurants in 20+ countries.
Daisy Lowe
Daisy Lowe is an English model, DJ, and cookery-book author, the daughter of Pearl Lowe and Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, known for campaigns for Marc by Marc Jacobs and Agent Provocateur.
Daith piercing
Daith piercing, an ear piercing through the crus of the helix above the ear canal, promoted as a migraine treatment; no clinical evidence supports the claim, and risks include infection and slow cartilage healing.